11GCSE – Period 5: Tuesday 24th April

Controlled Assessment – Things to check

Check that everything is finished – only one person has finished everything… use the checklist link on the final stages section of the CAB to help you.

If you think you have finished…

• Make sure your movie is exported as a .wmv file – File / Export Movie / File / Windows Media Audio and Video / Local Playback
• Make sure your Discovery Board is published to disk.  First of all create a folder in your Activity 3 folder called “Discovery Board” then - File / Publish Site / Publish to Disk Folder / Click on choose folder and find your Discovery Board folder in Activity 3 / Click OK
• Make sure your index page is saved in your Upcycling folder and that all the links work correctly.  You should also include;
  • who you are, your registration number, centre name and number
  • the title of this task (CAB Unit 2 0510 – Upcycle now!)

11GCSE – Period 4: Tuesday 6th March

Activity 4: Evaluation

Once you have completed your Discovery Board and your review (make sure you have some quality feedback) then you need to move onto the last activty – Evaluation.

First of all, save a copy of the evaluation instructions from the CAB in your Controlled Assessment and read through them.

Evaluating your products

The first part of your Evaluation is focused on the products you have produced. It would be a good idea to start with the criteria for each product to see if you have met the requirements.  For example, from the CAB the criteria for the Logo was;

You must produce an original logo for the upcycling event.

Your logo must:

• be one you have created yourself
• represent upcycling

So it would be a good idea to copy and paste each set of criteria into your Evaluation and discuss how well you met the requirements.  Use the prompts in the evaluation instructions to help you as well but it would be good to talk about;

• The strengths and weaknesses of each of your products
• Any ways you think you can improve them

Using the example Evaluation

The example Evaluation is far too long – the useful bits have been highlighted.

11GCSE – Period 1: Monday 27th February

Controlled Assessment

Please continue with your discovery board designs and creation – scroll down for a reminder of how to get the best marks possible for your designs.

Reviews – make sure you are filling these in as you go this morning, get feedback from others.

11GCSE – Period 5: Thursday 23rd February

Getting the best marks possible for your designs;

From the mark scheme…

The student has used design tools to clearly show what each screen will be like and pathways through the product. They have commented on and justified important design decisions. (8-10 marks)

The important words that distinguish 8-10 marks from 5-7  marks are “…and justified important design decisions…”.  This means you must give reasons for design decisions as well as explaining what you are going to do.

For example;

The graphic on the rollover button to lead back to the main screen is the same tree that is the main feature on the home screen. (5-7 marks)

The graphic on the rollover button to lead back to the main screen is the same tree that is the main feature on the home screen. I chose to do this because I thought it would be obvious that the button led back to the main screen since the tree is the main focus on that particular page. (8-10 marks)

Make sure you create your designs before you create your storyboard!

If your designs are too slick or perfect or match your actual discovery board too precisely that indicates that you completed your designs retrospectively.  You will be marked down for this.

11GCSE – Period 4: Tuesday 21st February

Controlled Assessment

Suggested time to spend on your remaining work

• 2 hours – planning your overview and storyboard
• 6 hours – 1 hour for creating each of your discovery board pages (this includes creating your sound file)
• 3 hours – for your evaluation

11GCSE – Period 1: Friday 10th February

Controlled Assessment

Suggested time to spend on your remaining work

• 2 hours – planning your overview and storyboard
• 6 hours – 1 hour for creating each of your discovery board pages (this includes creating your sound file)
• 3 hours – for your evaluation

11GCSE – Period 2: Tuesday 7th February

Starter: name that tune

Available time – not much left!

Creating sound files

Audacity or Garageband

Controlled Assessment

Please continue with your controlled assessment

11GCSE – Period 1: Monday 6th February

Starter: Charades

Rollovers and Pop-up Rollovers in Webplus

Learning how to use rollovers in Webplus which could be used in your Discovery Board.

Controlled Assessment

Please continue with your controlled assessment.

11GCSE – Period 5: Thursday 2nd February

Starter: Discovery Board Quiz / Wordwall

Movies

If you are working in MoviePlus use the following settings to export your movie – file, .wmv, local playback.

Discovery Board

You can have a look at an example discovery board by clicking here

You can choose which piece of software you use to create your discovery board but you must be able to create hyperlinks and you need to be able to view your discovery board in a web browser.  It is possible to save a powerpoint presentation in a version that can be viewed in a browser.

Read the relevant section in the CAB carefully before starting work on your discovery board.  Also check the Discovery Board section of your Activity 3 Review.

11GCSE – Period 1: Friday 27th January

Starter: Pictionary

Discovery Board

Understanding what is meant by a discovery board.

Movies

1. Please continue to work on your movies this morning.
2. Remember to get feedback as you go for your review, not just at the end.
3. Movie export settings – .wmv, local playback.